Anna Sapozhnikova, Ph.D.

Dr. Sapozhnikova is a licensed psychologist (PSY28601) who provides individual psychotherapy to younger and older adults. She approaches treatment with the aim of offering clients relief from troubling symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, as well as helping them develop a more global sense of competence, strengthen their sense of personal identity, and expand their capacity to experience pleasure and contentment in life.

Dr. Sapozhnikova received her B.A. in Psychology from Bard College and her Ph.D. in Clinical Science from UC Berkeley, where she studied genetic, behavioral and neurological correlates of emotional functioning as well as the impact of neurodegenerative diseases on marriage. Dr. Sapozhnikova completed her clinical internship at the San Francisco VA and her postdoctoral training at Stanford University’s School of Medicine. Over the course of her education she received extensive training in a number of empirically supported treatments, including Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD, CBT for anger, anxiety, depression and chronic pain, Motivational Interviewing for substance use disorders as well as Emotion Focused, Structural, and Gottman informed therapy.